Strategic profile and case analysis purpose

BUS 485 Grand Canyon University Strategic Profile of Starbucks Corporation PPT
Subject
Business Finance

Course
BUS 485

School
Grand Canyon University

Department
BUS

Question Description
The purpose of this assignment is to create a presentation that synthesizes and analyzes research conducted on the team's selected company to determine optimal strategic alternatives.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation that highlights the research and analysis you have conducted throughout this course, both as an individual and in the CLC, regarding how your selected company's external and internal environments influence or affect its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Speaker notes should be included for each slide.

For guidance in creating an effective strategic profile and case analysis, refer to Table 1 in the Case Studies section of the textbook.

Use the following outline to structure your presentation:

Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose
Situation Analysis: (a) General Environmental Analysis – Focus on the trends in the seven segments of the general environment and predict which segments you expect to have the most significance to your company in coming years; (b) Industry Analysis – Reference the five forces of competition model to judge the attractiveness of the industry (or segment of the industry) in which your company is competing; (c) Competitor Analysis – Identify your competitor's strategies so your company can learn to predict their responses; (d) Internal Analysis – Analyze your company's value chain to assess the organization's overall strengths and weaknesses.
SWOT Analysis (Environmental Opportunities and Threats and Firm Strengths and Weaknesses) – How will the findings identified in the Situation Analysis enable the company to maximize its strengths and capitalize on advantageous opportunities while minimizing its weaknesses and evading environmental threats?
Strategy Formulation – Synthesize the results of your Situation and SWOT Analysis to develop alternatives that make use of environmental opportunities while avoiding environmental threats. Evaluate which alternative is the best option and defend the selection: (a) strategic alternatives, (b) alternative evaluation, and (c) alternative choice.